Letters, 1892 [manuscript].

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Letters, 1892 [manuscript].

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In a letter, 1892 October 26, from Johnson, "Gapland," Washington County, Maryland, to Joseph Marshall Stoddart, Townsend discusses revisions of a story to begin in the court of Queen Isabella; comments on the Columbian Exhibition which he reported for the "Chicago Tribune." In another, undated, letter to Samuel Erasmus Moffet, he finds members of the political parties unwilling to speak as freely after the demoralizing "Columbus Celebration" but expects to do better in Chicago.

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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...

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Townsend, George Alfred, 1841-1914

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